December 2023 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[ANN] success story: ApptiveGrid

by Norbert Hartl

I wanted to write this for a very long time nowâ¦so finallyâ¦Iâm very proud to announce a new success story: ApptiveGrid ApptiveGrid is a SaaS tool to digitalize and automatize business processes. On the one hand ApptiveGrid is visual database that enables you to model your database via web frontend. At the same time this model is available via REST API. On top of the data model a form creator turns your model into a form that you can send e.g. via email to inquire data from other peopleâ¦ On the other hand ApptiveGrid is a workflow system where you can define your work flow in the web frontend and connect to events. These events are either internal (resulting from a change in your data model) or external where you can use web hooks to kick of work flows. With the combination of both parts ApptiveGrid is able to solve many of modern digital workflows. It enables to make it for low cost and in almost no time which are two pretty good reasons to use it. If you want to use it just visit: http://www.apptivegrid.de. ApptiveGrid provides a start plan at no cost where most of the functionalities are available. If you have additional needs just write me. For the people in the pharo community Iâm sure we can provide a bit more on top. About the tech stack: - The business backend of ApptiveGrid is 100% pharo - It uses https://github.com/svenvc/zinc components for the HTTP frontend - and https://github.com/ApptiveGrid/Soil as the persistence solution. - Each user has its own database (an empty soil database is 24kb on disk, could be made even approx. 5kb). There are over 3100 databases in the system right now - one pharo image holds multiple soil databases open and provides memory caching for the objects - routing of requests is done with haproxy connection persistence - the web frontend is made with Vue.js and a pharo library that we transpile to JS with PharoJS If you are interested you can also watch my ESUG videos at https://www.youtube.com/@esugboard. All talks in the last 2 years were about ApptiveGrid If you have question, donât hesitate to ask, Iâm happy to answer! Norbert

Dec. 12, 2023

This week (49/2023) on the Pharo Issue Tracker

by Marcus Denker

# Features - Add class comment as tooltip in Calypso. #15660 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15660 - Add file out for Epicea entries #15644 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15644 - Debugger: Integrating assertion rewriting (2nd attempt) #626 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/626 # Fixes - Prevent font chooser open error listing #638 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/638 - Preventing "Run to" debugger command from raising update events, in order to prevent unnecessary (and broken) updates #642 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/642 - Traits: Fix wrong source pointer (v2) #15741 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15741 - Fix: Syntax highlight of inst vars in inspector eval pane #15723 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15723 - Calypso: Do not crash if a baseline is wrongly defined #15711 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15711 - Fix ephemeron support in Fuel #15670 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15670 - Change to size_t for ffi calls that currently use ulong for pointers. #15696 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15696 - Fix a ZeroDivide exception when scroll target is 0 calculating scroll deltas #15702 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15702 - Fix/baseline repo #15629 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15629 # Rendering / Graphics - Rework #nonCachingFullDrawOn: on HandMorph to use a matching ScalingCanvas for the shadow form #15736 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15736 - Add #drawFormSet:at: and #translucentFormSet:at: to AthensCanvasWrapper #15735 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15735 - Add ScalingCanvas and #canvasScaleFactor for OSWorldRenderer #15647 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15647 - Add initialization of ScalingCanvas to BaselineOfMorphic #15672 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15672 - Fix #checkForNewScreenSize on OSWorldRenderer to also check the #actualScreenSize #15673 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15673 - Make MorphTreeNodeMorph and IndentingListItemMorph use a FormSet for the expand/collapse toggle #15676 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15676 - Refactor IconicButtonMorph to support use of a FormSet #15680 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15680 # Refactoring Engine - Tests and enhancements for RenameInstanceVariableDriver #15703 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15703 - Refactor: extract method third pass #15693 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15693 - New Refactoring Driver to rename variables #15617 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15617 - Cleanup/extract method first pass #15674 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15674 - Test: removal of non-empty class with subclasses #15671 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15671 - Refactor: extract method transformation cleanup #15675 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15675 - Enhance driver #15679 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15679 # Variables - 15665-Not-possible-to-edit-slots-when-using-new-definition-format--RBLiteralValueNode-DNU-name #15667 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15667 - Do not use #classVarNamed: / #classVarNamed:put: #15685 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15685 - refactor more #classPool users #15710 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15710 - rewrite #anyUserOfClassVarNamed: using the Variable API #15717 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15717 - Cleanup: move extension methods Slot package to where the classes are #15742 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15742 # Compiler / Compilation / CompiledMethods - 15697-Playground-need-to-color-not-yet-created-bindings-red #15698 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15698 - move error handling from CompiledMethod to CompiledCode and rename #15651 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15651 - 15640-Objectclone-has-code-for-CompiledCode #15648 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15648 - 15126-IRSequencenotEmpty-should-be-isNotEmpty #15714 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15714 - deprecate #noPattern and noPattern: #15715 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15715 - 6470-Improve-the-class-comment-of-RBScanner #15716 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15716 - 15596-Cleanup-respondsTo-check-for-doItReceiver #15712 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15712 - cleanup #doitReceiver check #1485 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1485 # Class Builder / Class Installer - Merge package Shift-Changes into the main Shift-ClassBuilder package #15663 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15663 - check if we can have WeakLayout as a subclass of VariableLayout #15658 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15658 - reduce the senders of #asSlotCollection #15659 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15659 - do not use #slotsFromString: / sharedVariablesFromString: #15654 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15654 - Small cleanup ClassInstaller #15686 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15686 - ClassBuilder: remove Ficus from Shift baseline #15690 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15690 - Classbuilder: rewrite users of #sharedPools: with string arguments #15695 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15695 - use sharedPoolsFromString: in old style class defs and Hermes #15706 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15706 - Deprecate old API for traits #15713 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15713 - simplify and comment #sharedVariablesFromString #15692 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15692 - move ClassInstaller into the Builder package #15727 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15727 - ClassInstaller: use the oldClass of the builder #15739 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15739 # Bootstrap / Full Image Load - Introduce Kernel-CodeModel package #15583 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15583 - Update BaselineOfPharoBootstrapProcess.class.st #15691 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15691 - Extract ClassDefinitionPrinters from the Kernel #15656 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15656 # CI/Tests - No rule check for non-existing super implementor (Second PR) #15705 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15705 - Better name for testNoSentButNotImplementedSelectors #15720 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15720 - ReSuperSendsNewRule has a typo in description (#initiailize -> #initiâ¦ #15725 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15725 # Cleanup - Remove ChangeSorter from loading #634 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/634 - Harvested and improved some changes proposed in a PR that was also reâ¦ #15745 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15745 - Startup preferences shoud not be in morphic baseline #15731 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15731 - Fix a deprecated send in testComparisonToSimilarQueryButWithDifferentTag #15661 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15661 - Merge package ParametrizedTests into SUnit #15662 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15662

Dec. 11, 2023

This week (48/2023) on the Pharo Issue Tracker

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo 11 - Update spec to 1.2.5 #15575 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15575 # Features - 10612-Add-visitPragmasNodes-as-we-have-visitTemporaryNodes #15610 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15610 - Optimized ephemeron support for Fuel #15563 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15563 # Fixes - ExternalAddress: Avoid temporary instance of ByteArray #15404 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15404 - Change #OSWindowMorphicEventHandler>>visitMouseWheelEvent: to manage â¦ #15639 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15639 - Fix inconsistent behavior after BlockCannotReturn exception; fixes issue #15433 #15443 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15443 - Browser-keep-new-class-selected #15619 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15619 - remove CommandLineArguments default #15573 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15573 - 15437-Could-browsing-a-mistyped-class-not-show-a-debugger #15612 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15612 - Little fix/enhancement on BenchTFFI* #15615 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15615 # Graphics, Rendering, Icons - Fix ârecolorâ halo icon #15554 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15554 - Fix âdragâ halo icon in #customHaloSpecifications #15556 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15556 - Refactor ImageFillStyle to replace âformâ by âformSetâ #15561 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15561 - Fix infinite loop in ThemeIcons when icon #blank is missing #15570 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15570 # Refactoring Engine - Fixes #15467 [RB] Refactoring: Double announce of comment change #15589 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15589 - introduce a hook so that we can access changes from the tests. #15569 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15569 - Remove Class Variable refactoring since we have removeSharedVariableRâ¦ #15557 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15557 - Refactor: remove method driver #15558 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15558 - Removing all the RemoveClass strategy now that we have a driver. #15555 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15555 - Feat: deprecate class driver #15560 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15560 - Fixes 15590: [RB] option shouldUseExistingMethod: should always be true #15594 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15594 - Try testing drivers2 #15598 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15598 - Fix refactoring AddMethodComment #15622 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15622 - fix #15606 remove left over of the use existing method refactoring coâ¦ #15616 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15616 - Ensure real superclass setting in RBInsertNewClassRefactoring #15641 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15641 # Variables / ClassBuilder, ClassParser - Cleanup: move the methods for temps to the compiler package #15649 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15649 - 15345-Classes-with-shared-pools-cannot-be-created #15607 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15607 - 15592-MNU-when-looking-for-the-writers-of-a-shared-pool-variable #15603 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15603 - #ShiftClassBuilder>>fillFor: should not use #sharedVariablesFromString: #15623 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15623 - add UndefinedClassVariable #15630 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15630 - ClassParser: add support for #unrestrictedVariableDefinitions setting for Shared Variables #15638 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15638 # Tests and Test Runner - Improve #denyEmpty: #15580 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15580 - Clean up the Undeclared in ClassFactoryForTestCase when we clean up #15611 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15611 - Fix #15386 DrTests keeps filter when minimizing - maximizing #15549 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15549 # Bootstrap - Bootstrap: Extract Jobs from Hermes loading #15655 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15655 - Bootstrap: Extract Colors from KernelGroup to Display #15636 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15636 - Bootstrap:â¯Load System-Hashing and Random-Core later in the bootstrap #15613 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15613 - Bootstrap: Remove Network-UUID from KernelGroup #15605 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15605 - Bootstrap: Improve logging architecture #15505 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15505 - Move continuation out of the Kernel #15585 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15585 # Iceberg/Git - Fixing Calypso Extension on Iceberg #15587 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15587 - Fixing the code as the return of informDuring: now works #1774 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1774 - fixing-adding-existing-repo #1773 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1773 - Adding application in model temporarly #1772 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1772 # Spec - Commit deprecations transforms #1481 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1481 - use valueWithReceiver: #1479 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1479 - fix deprecated send #noPattern: #1480 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1480 # NewTools - Integration of object-centric halt once on call breakpoint to tools #627 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/627 - Simpler stack items #632 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/632 - Debugger dynamic layouts #630 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/630 - use valueWithReceiver: #631 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/631 # Website - add newcomers page to community #56 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/56 - Added section about Advanced OOD Mooc #58 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/58 # Cleanup - Packages: Unify way to name tags #15588 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15588 - Support removing old change sorter #15645 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15645 - use allButFirst and simplify expression #15634 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15634 - Remove dead code in Debugging-Core #15624 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15624 - add CompiledCode #basicNew:header: #15626 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15626 - Ring-deprecateClassVarNamed #15621 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15621 - Move IR decompilation from Opal to Flashback #15595 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15595 - Remove empty methods from OSPlatform #15579 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15579 - Clean perform message command line handler #15582 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15582 - instead of valueWithReceiver:arguments: #(), use valueWithReceiver: #15618 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15618 - use #valueWithReceiver: when possible #15650 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/15650

Dec. 4, 2023